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Westhill Park Care Home

Care home in Kettering, North Northamptonshire

Operated by Anchor

CQC Good66 beds
NeighbourhoodGreen SurroundingsWell Served
What do these badges mean?
  • Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (OpenStreetMap).
  • Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
Address1 Chataway Drive, Kettering, NN15 7FF
Beds66

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About

Westhill Park Care Home is a 66-bed facility operated by Anchor in Kettering, North Northamptonshire. The home is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission, with all five key questions — Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led — assessed as Good in the 2023 inspection report.

What inspectors found

CQC: Good

Report published 26 January 2023 · Last inspected 2 November 2022

Inspectors found Westhill Park Care Home a safe place to live and work, with risks assessed and reviewed, enough recruited staff, and medicines handled safely by trained staff. Staff were described as caring and committed, and people were supported to stay independent, keep their routines, and stay in touch with others, which helped limit social isolation. Feedback on food was mixed, with staff making improvements.

Strengths noted
  • Risks to people are regularly assessed and reviewed, so people can take acceptable risks and live safely
  • Staff are described as caring, compassionate and committed to the people they support
  • Medicines are administered safely by trained staff, and infection prevention and control practice was up to date
  • Care plans are person-centred, and the home encourages links with the community and relatives to reduce isolation
Areas to improve
  • People gave mixed feedback about the food, and staff were making improvements

Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.

Food hygiene rating

Very good

Food Standards Agency · inspected May 2025

What's nearby

GP surgery0.7 miles
A&E: Kettering General Hospital800 m
  • Near a main road
  • Ambulance station about 750 m away

Straight-line distances. Road and rail noise from government strategic noise mapping (modelled, not measured). A&E departments from the NHS website. Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsSparse
  • Play SpaceAdequate
  • Golf CourseSparse
  • Public ParkAdequate
  • Tennis CourtAdequate
  • Bowling GreenAdequate
  • Playing FieldSparse

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsAmple
  • Restaurants & CafesAmple
  • Retail ShoppingPlentiful
  • SupermarketsPlentiful
  • TakeawaysPlentiful

Local crime statistics

394 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)

Top categories:

Violent crime36%
Anti-social behaviour26%
Public order8%
Criminal damage & arson6%

Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile

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Fees and funding

Care typeWeekly feeSource
Residential careFees on request—
Funding accepted
Not stated

Fees depend on the room and the care needed, so ask the home for a written quote. Check who pays with the funding calculator, or see what North Northamptonshire council pays.

Care fee trajectory

Indicative weekly fee by year, against what North Northamptonshire pays care homes.
YearCouncil rate (per week)
2024£870
2025£915

What North Northamptonshire council pays care homes, and whether it will help with fees

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Local health safety net

Westhill Park Care Home is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Kettering General Hospital, 0.5 miles away. The local GP practice is ESKDAILL MEDICAL, 0.7 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.

Nearest hospital · A&E
Kettering General Hospital · 0.5 mi
Nearest GP · CQC Good
ESKDAILL MEDICAL · 0.7 mi

Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.

Community & connection in Kettering

Local clubs, charities and support groups that help older residents stay active and connected.

Charity

Vine Community Trust

The management and operation of Marlow House, a caring community day centre for the elderly, disabled and lonely, including provision of meals and transport. In addition, the trust provides a…

5.1 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (287717)
Charity

Glamis Hall for All

Glamis Hall for All provides a community centre and an affordable day centre for people over 50 living in the area who otherwise would be socially isolated or whose carers are in need of…

6.5 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1160317)
Charity

Shire Community Services Ltd

The charity provides a range of services including Wellibus, a door to door community transport scheme, a Volunteer Wellbeing Car Service and Shopmobility for the elderly, disabled and individuals…

6.7 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1113854)
Charity

Northamptonshire Carers

The provision throughout Northamptonshire of services to adult carers and to young carers, including support, advice and information services and Regulated Care, to include provision of services…

6.8 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1061417)
Charity

Valley of Hope Church

We run a mobile Food-Bank to provide relief to those in short term crisis in Higham Ferrers and the surrounding towns.We also provide 'Higham Ferrers Free 4 All Music' to aid Mental Health and…

6.9 miles away · Source: Charity Commission (1179160)

Part of Anchor

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Information last reviewed October 2026.

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